2023 – Page 249 – Americana UK

Something for the weekend: Loudon Wainwright III “Just Like Buster Keaton”

May 12, 2023 Mark Whitfield 2

Well that’s it from us for another week dear reader, and here at AUK Towers in Liverpool we are already covered in glitter and Lambrini in preparation for tomorrow’s Eurovision antics. I did try to find […]

Bella White “The Way I Oughta Go” – choosing my own direction

May 12, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

Bella White’s made quite a splash with her debut album ‘Just Like Leaving‘ which marked out the teenage White as a distinctive new talent in bluegrass and adjacent folk. For her follow up ‘Among Other Things‘ […]

Video: Amanda Shires and Bobbie Nelson featuring Willie Nelson “Summertime”

May 12, 2023 Ed Donnelly 0

Amanda Shires joins Bobbie Nelson and her brother Willie on Gershwin’s classic ‘Summertime’. The video was shot as Nelson and Shires recorded the song at Arlyn Studios in Austin Texas before Bobbie’s passing in 2022. A long-standing […]

Annie Bartholomew “Sisters of White Chapel”

May 12, 2023 Viv Fish 1

A moving collection of well-thought-out lyrics accompanied by stunning musicality which personifies the characters. ‘Sisters of White Chapel’ is a historic songwriting project by Alaskan songwriter Annie Bartholomew. Based on the narratives of the women who […]

Live Review: Aldous Harding + H. Hawkline, The Barbican, London, 28th April 2023

May 12, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

There was a moment in the closing encore ‘Swell Does the Skull’, when Aldous Harding sings “I don’t want to be a sinner,” that the brain, ever alert for double meanings and enigmatic obliquities, decides that […]

Artwork for Ian Noe album"Canyon Falls Trailer Band"

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

September 28, 2026 0

Impressive collection of character-driven songwriting and classic country sounds. Kentuckian Ian Noe presents a diverse selection of sixteen original songs on his excellent new album, Canyon Falls Trailer Band. It’s Noe’s third release and the second […]

The Jayhawks live at the Electric Ballroom, Camden - 16th September 2026

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

September 28, 2026 0

About a decade ago, I formulated a new genre based on a particular guitar sound that would for several years be heard on Radio 2 after midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Bob Harris Country is […]

Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

September 28, 2026 0

This time, Bluegrass Briefs features music from around the world and all across the Bluegrass tradition, from the rough and rowdy Scottish ways of Sociograss to the almost classical music of Triple Fiddle from Minnesota and […]

Year: 2023

Something for the weekend: Loudon Wainwright III “Just Like Buster Keaton”

Bella White “The Way I Oughta Go” – choosing my own direction

Video: Amanda Shires and Bobbie Nelson featuring Willie Nelson “Summertime”

Annie Bartholomew “Sisters of White Chapel”

Live Review: Aldous Harding + H. Hawkline, The Barbican, London, 28th April 2023

Ian Noe “Canyon Falls Trailer Band”

Live Review: The Jayhawks, Electric Ballroom, Camden – 16th September 2026

Bluegrass Briefs: Sociograss, Triple Fiddle, The Runaway Strings, Lindsay Lou

Jack Browning “Painted Skies”

Preview: Glasgow Americana Festival 2026, 30th September – 4th October